I've always thought the fella who played Martin Platt in Corrie going into cheese making (and becoming an award winning one!) after they wrote him out of the show was a rather good career reinvention. He's even got some kind of food programme on Channel 5 now.

Nicky Chapman, from doing PR type stuff for the Spice Girls and Billie Piper, and being a judge on PopStars, to presenting Escape to the Country

Ben Elton - from shiny lefty 'Mrs Thatch' down with the establishment stand up, to a lovely safe early evening comedy on BBC1 with Ronnie Corbett
(I didn't explain that very well but hope you know what I mean!)

I've always thought the fella who played Martin Platt in Corrie going into cheese making (and becoming an award winning one!) after they wrote him out of the show was a rather good career reinvention. He's even got some kind of food programme on Channel 5 now.

Also, is it Alex James from Blur who has also moved over to cheese production. I'm guessing they had the money to follow their passion, and they've become succesful.

Michael Portillo, from loathsome MP to a quite decent and personable travel presenter.

My friend works at the House of Commons and he always said Portillo is one of those you expect to hate but he was one of the friendliest and decent of all the MPs. The ones you think will be ok are usually complete arses apparently